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After Bollywood, Omar Abdullah, Venkaiah Naidu support Zaira Wasim

It wasn’t just Bollywood personalities like Anupam Kher,
Javed Akhtar, Renuka Shahane or on-screen father Aamir Khan, who supported ‘Dangal’
actress Zaira Wasim, who was threatened for meeting Jammu and Kashmir Chief
Minister Mehbooba Mufti. Politicians Omar Abdullah and Venkaiah Naidu also
slammed the haters. Even wrestler Geeta Phogat, whose character Zaira enacted
in the movie, lent her support.

Disgusted over the entire episode, former J&K CM Omar
Abdullah tweeted, “A 16-year-old shouldn't be forced to apologise & that
too allegedly for meeting @MehboobaMufti. What are we coming to!!!!!”

Taking a dig at the incumbent CM, the National Conference leader
further wrote, “I've a problem with @MehboobaMufti trying to userp other
peoples success to cover up her own failures but why punish/troll people she
meets? [sic]”

Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting M Venkaiah
Naidu also voiced his support for Zaira. Speaking at an event at the Indian
Institute of Mass Communication in New Delhi, Naidu said, "Why did she
have to tender an apology for meeting the Chief Minister of her own state? Why
is everyone silent now?"

“Zaira's episode shows how pseudo-liberals react to different
situations, adopt different standards. What wrong has been committed by this
young, talented artist from Jammu and Kashmir?" the minister added.

Speaking to a popular publication, Geeta said Zaira, the
younger version of her on-screen character, need not worry or be sad as Aamir
Khan and others are on her side. The Commonwealth gold medallist had inspiring
words for Zaira.

“When we (she and her sister Babita) were of her (Zaira)
age, we had to listen to more scathing remarks from people. People always
wanted to pull us back. We have extricated ourselves out of all of these and
are at this point in our life today. My father (wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat) said
only one thing: Work hard. If you do something for the country, all these
people with these mentalities - their mouths will be shut,” Geeta said.